milk-and-water
milk-and-water noun: something insipid or mawkish.
Noun
milk-and-water (uncountable)
Adjective
milk-and-water (comparative more milk-and-water, superlative most milk-and-water)
- Insipid, wishy-washy, weak.
- […] she was still, as heretofore, a namby-pamby milk-and-water affected creature […]1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
- He gave other equally milk-and-water examples and everyone grew sleepy, waiting for the last lap: ‘Our policy has been exactly the same each time.’1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 166
milk-and-water meaning in Tamil
milk-and-water in Tamil
- செறிவற்ற, உறுதியற்ற, சுவையில்லாத, உவர்ப்பான
Forms of milk-and-water
| comparative | more milk-and-water |
|---|---|
| superlative | most milk-and-water |
Words formed from milk-and-water
Questions about milk-and-water
- What does milk-and-water mean?
- Milk-and-water means something insipid or mawkish.
- What is milk-and-water in Tamil?
- Milk-and-water in Tamil is செறிவற்ற, உறுதியற்ற, சுவையில்லாத. See Milk-and-water meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is milk-and-water?
- Milk-and-water can be a noun or an adjective.
Words near milk-and-water in the dictionary
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